Patents Assigned to The Babock & Wilcox Company
  • Patent number: 4842186
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for building a workpiece of a desired geometry by deposit welding with a reusable preform. The reusable preform forms, supports, and cools the deposited molten weld material puddle while the weld material is solidifying thereby eliminating the need for a conventional preform. The reusable preform may be mobile or stationary in any shape, e.g., a block, a cylinder, or a belt. It is manufactured from either a combination of or exclusively of, a ceramic material or a material with high thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: The Babock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Thomas E. Doyle, David P. Edmonds, Michael D. McAninch, Patrick M. Ryan
  • Patent number: 4289196
    Abstract: This invention relates to a group of modular heat exchangers of the type having a steam chamber, a feedwater chamber, and a feedwater tube passing through the steam chamber to establish fluid communication with the feed chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: The Babock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Felix S. Jabsen, Donald C. Schluderberg, Arnold E. Paulson
  • Patent number: D268583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: The Babock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: George S. Whaley, Thomas L. Willmott